– OK, so maybe not the country of the Netherlands itself, or its government. More accurately, the report comes from De Telegraaf, which states that Maserati’s high-riding SUV will emerge from hiding at Cobo Center next January. – Maserati is in the midst of an aggressive product push that will see it expand from three offerings—a trident, if you will—to six in just a few short years, and the one of
– OK, so maybe not the country of the Netherlands itself, or its government. More accurately, the report comes from De Telegraaf, which states that Maserati’s high-riding SUV will emerge from hiding at Cobo Center next January. – Maserati is in the midst of an aggressive product push that will see it expand from three offerings—a trident, if you will—to six in just a few short years, and the one of
– Since 1971, Dario Benuzzi has been a fixture at Ferrari. The factory test driver has played a key role in the development of every one of the company’s roadgoing supercars since the 246 Dino. While he handed over chief test driver duties to his hand-picked successor, Raffaele De Simone, in 2003, Benuzzi’s legend cannot be overstated for the Italian automaker—he was even chosen to be an Olympic torch bearer when
– Since 1971, Dario Benuzzi has been a fixture at Ferrari. The factory test driver has played a key role in the development of every one of the company’s roadgoing supercars since the 246 Dino. While he handed over chief test driver duties to his hand-picked successor, Raffaele De Simone, in 2003, Benuzzi’s legend cannot be overstated for the Italian automaker—he was even chosen to be an Olympic torch bearer when
– Sports coupes reside in that Rhode Island–sized space between fully indulgent sports cars and eminently sensible sports sedans. To earn its garage slot, a coupe must adroitly juggle three somewhat contradictory attributes: sex appeal, driving joy, and 2+2 practicality. READ MORE ›› –
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– During the sport-truck mania of the 1990s and early aughts, Ford’s SVT unit graced us with two versions of the Lightning, which has been out of production since 2004. That hole in Ford’s lineup ostensibly has been filled by the flatbill-ready, improbably lovable Raptor. And while FoMoCo wasted no time displaying a second-gen Raptor based on the new, aluminum-intensive F-150, SVT’s successor unit, Ford Performance, has yet to offer any official
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-The Mercedes-Benz G-class has soldiered on since 1979, regularly refreshed with mildly updated styling and additional luxury appointments but largely unaltered since its disco-era debut. This year hews to the same strategy, with more horsepower, some opulent interior updates, and the same ammo-box shape that refuses to acknowledge the concept of aerodynamics. – For 2016, the base-model 550 gets a new, all-aluminum, twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 to replace the naturally aspirated